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Information pertaining to institutional policies, program policies, and eligibility requirements should be made available to all applicants when the Match and AAMC ERAS (or other) application service opens. This can be easily accomplished by posting the information to the program’s website. Policy information and eligibility requirements must be provided to all applicants who interview with a program prior to the Rank Order List Certification Deadline or offer made during SOAP.

Programs shall obtain signed (electronic or written) acknowledgement of receipt from all applicants they interview. Programs are not required to obtain the signature of applicants they did not interview; however, programs should ensure the information is made available via electronic (website) or written means. 

Programs that participated in the previous Match are automatically rolled over in the R3 system but if your program did not participate or is new to the Match, you will need to contact our support team to be added to the Match.

Complete this form if your program is new to The Match and email it to support@nrmp.org. The information provided on the form will allow NRMP to create a record in the R3 system and add your program to the appropriate Match.

Washington, D.C., December 2, 2021 – On December 1st, the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP) released results for the 2021 Medical Specialties Matching Program (MSMP), the organization’s largest Fellowship Match comprised primarily of Internal Medicine subspecialties. This year’s MSMP was the largest on record: there were 7,435 active applicants (those who submitted rank order lists), 588 (8.6%)…

Types of program positions in Fellowships: Fellowship Position (“F”): A position in a program that begins training subsequent to the completion of a core residency training program. Fellowship Subspecialty Position (“S”): A position in a program that begins subsequent to the completion of a fellowship training program.

Types of program positions in the Main Match: Program Types in the Main Residency Match

At any time after a Match opens, program directors can access the Registration, Ranking, and Results (R3) system to increase, decrease, or make other changes to their quotas, or the number of positions they desire to fill through a Match. Here are a few things to keep in mind: Quotas must be finalized in the…

The NRMP’s Registration, Ranking, and Results (R3) system offers institutions and programs in the Main Residency Match the option to link an advanced PGY-2 program with a preliminary PGY-1 program to create a full course of training at the same institution for applicants interested in specialties that begin in the PGY-2 year.  In “joining” an advanced (A)…